Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-03-29
HORACE GREELEY,s BOY.

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Ccnaressman Amos Cummings Tells story About
the One Who Had Mast1e and Was From sicara-
gua.
Amos Cummings, the New York
Suns Congressman, told q couple OF
stories about the late Horace Greeley
which do not remember to have |
previously heard. Cummings was
Greeley's night editor on the old Trib- |
une when Sidney Howard Gay was
managing editor. He probably re-
membered more interesting and origi- |
nal tales concerning the old gentleman
than are recollected by all the rest of
the early Tribune force put together.
Greeley used to have great trouble
in securing Office boys who were salts
factory to him. If q boy was bright
and smart there was probably
som ething wrong with him in
some other direction, and so there was
frequent changes in this department
of the staff. One day Greeley came in
with a great big long legged, thick-lip-
ped, big-nosed fellow who had q voice
like bull, and who looked as though
he had been knocked down and run
over by beer truck. This boy-he
was about twenty-had been to
| Nicaragua with Walker, and had been
left. Greeley brought him up to my
desk and said: Amos can't stand
| these boys you have been employing.
| So l have engaged one for myself.
| Bub, this is Mr.. Cummings. He will
| tell you what you are to do. Then
| the old gentleman disappeared In his
| I t.0 hox IA
| instructions. He seemed good heart
| ed sort OF fellow, but he was big
chump, who really knew nothing at all.
One night, about a week later, Gree
ley came in and said to the lad, who
sat on guard by the door, 'Bub,
have got lot of writing to do, and
at O'Clock have promised to make
a speech to a FIR. Mathew society.
Don't let anybody into my office.
don't want to sac any id buns to-
night The boy said all right, and
went to reading Il newspaper. Pretty
soon a man came in who had been
stumping the State in the Republican
interest, and who had always pre-
viously found his way to Greeley
private Office entirely unbarred. The
boy caught him just as he was open
ing the door. Said he:
"'Say, young Teller, what do ye
want?'
81 want to see Mr.. Greeley
"sWell, you can't do it. That's al
there is about it. You can't do it,
81 can't hey? Well, We'll see abour
that
.'All right. I'll Just about go yer.
And the long-legged Nicaragua bo.
| caught the stump speaker by the neck
/ e, h i'm fr,r fpy
| minutes, rushed him out into the en-
try and down the spiral staircase.
few minutes later an old composite
| | who used to set type with Greeley
: and who made the excuse for many
borrowed FLYER, sailed into the room
The boy didn't wait for him to spea
, at all He lust seized the intruder
: whirled him around the Office, owe
, the file-ta BILE and against most OF tn
, desks, and sent him booming COW
: the staircase heels over head. Aft1
!. that there was a period OF peace, whlc
. was brought to q termination by tn
entrance of Mr.. Henry Wilson, VIII
subsequently became Vice President {
T. the United States. Mr.. Wilso
- had been stumpiug the Stat
:. of Indiana. and was goir
= through New York on his way to Bo
= ton. Hewore the worst-lookina dust'
| have ever seen. 1t looked as If he ha
= ridden with it i'll the tender inst BAG
- of the engine and the fireman ha
:, been shoveling coal over him. 4
: some OF you will remember, Mr.. WI
:, son was rather tall and very slende
> and when tired or heated his face gre
. verv red. As he approached Nj
= Greeley's door, that Nicaragua be
| l,1f Ia a
- "'Well what il HI do you want
;, "Mr. Wilson looked slightly SUI
y pr;sed, hut stared the boy fixedly
70 the eye and said quietly. i shou
y, " like to see Mr.. Greeley
e Mr.. Greeley won't see nobod
>, You understand? He won't see n
- body?'
=. still cycling the boy with tirmness,
,, think he desires to see me. You W
- please take my name to him.
= "Over at my desk 1 could hear eve
r word that passed, and | was near
- in 81 paroxysm of internal laughte
- Mr.. Wilson s manner and his stead
7' glare made the boy weaken, and, aft
surveying Mr.. Wilson from head
foot for a second or too, he sal
We'll what is your bloody name?
will take it in, but don't bslieve
it. | will see you, just the same
rk I "Mr. Wilson told the messenger W
~ he was. and that raw-boned functic
en- airy disappeared into the private
u fee. l could hear a long talk betwe
MT Greeley and the boy. 1t was impos
~ BILE to distinguish their words b
a Greeley's high falsetto and the DO,
lie. low, hoarse growl could be distinct
at heard, and from the length OF the ts
Sc | could see that there wasn't much
re- a show for Wilson. Presently the b
came out and said
ed al told you so. He won't see y
Now get out
he Mr.. Wilson happened at this jun
mt | ure to see me, and came over to
desk. He said there must be so
to mistake, and, as he was obliged to
he to Boston on the 10 O'Clock train,
err. felt it very necessary to see Greedy
ers once. So, hardly able to contain
laughter, led him into the old gen
l. mans private office. There sat
Ter Greedy, with his nose close down
the paper in the customary attitu
"a | Scratchino away for dear life